Is Rock a Better Vehicle?

 

Is Rock a Better Vehicle?

 Although rock music is by far not the only music genre that is of current concern, it is a very popular music genre so let us consider some concerns about that Christian music have about it. First, is religious rock a better vehicle for presenting God’s Word than all of the conventional forms of church music?  Those who defend rock music would immediately say, yes!  Why?  Because it is the form of music that sinners like.  To this argument I respond by asking the question “Is it necessary to only do those things that sinners like to do in our worship services?  If the answer is yes, then we should not read Scripture because sinners do not read Scripture, they do not quote Scripture, and furthermore they do not like most of what it tells them to do and not to do.  They do not understand Scripture because they are not familiar with it.  Remember, the argument against the use of traditional church music is that sinners do not know it and do not understand it and therefore do not like it.  Religious rock advocates act as if these “seekers” are simple, ignorant people who are not capable of deriving good from traditional forms of church music.  I am not even slightly convinced that this generation of highly educated people is not capable of deriving spiritual truth from any kind of music except rock music.

If worshipers should only do the things that sinners do, they should not pray in church because sinners do not pray; furthermore they do not understand even slightly what prayer is or how we communicate with God in prayer.  If one believes that worshipers should only do the things that sinners do, they should never partake of the Eucharist in church since it is near to impossible for a sinner to understand the spiritual benefit of taking the Lord’s Supper.  Also, we probably should not take an offering since sinners usually do not give to God and certainly do not understand the biblical concept of tithing. I admit that this argument is ridiculous, but so is the idea that it is not “seeker sensitive” to expect sinners of this generation to understand any style of music but popular styles of music.  It is not logical to believe philosophically that “seekers” are capable of understanding all aspects of public worship except traditional forms of church music.